List of Bosnia and Herzegovina cheeses

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List of Bosnia and Herzegovina cheeses is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Location of cheese producers in Bosnia and Herzegovina and milk industry sites (blue dots indicate traditional and small cheese manufactures).

Traditionally, many distinct types of cheeses have originated from Bosnia and Herzegovina, with as many varieties within each type.[1]

Protected designation of origin[]

Under the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union, certain established cheeses are covered by a protected designation of origin (PDO), and other, less stringent, designations of geographical origin for traditional specialities, such as the French appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) system, the Italian denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) system, and the Spanish Denominación de origen system.

In Bosnia and Herzegovina the process of protection according to national categorization is currently in progress. For that purpose, among other, the (AoCP BiH) was established in 2012, in coordination with , and it gathers cheese producers from all BiH. The members of this state – level association are processing companies, agricultural cooperatives, individual producers and smaller regional associations. Important regional and local subsidiaries are and . Another organization managing quality and originality control is established, (Serbo-Croatian: Centar za zrenje sira iz mijeha), concerned with this particular variety production.[2][3][4][5]

Cheese Type of milk Image Producing region AoCP BiH recognized;
year 		Note
[6] Cow's milk Yes;
Bosnian smoked cheese Sheep's, cow's, goat's milk and/or mixtures
Bosnian Smoked Cheese (Suhi Sir).jpg
[2] Cow's milk Cincar, Livno Yes;
[7][8] Skimmed and/or whole sheep's, goat's, cow's milk and/or mixtures Nevesinje Yes;
[9] Raw sheep's or cow's milk Trebinje, Ivanica, Slavogostići, Gacko in southern Herzegovina Yes; Squeaking cheese from Lika in Croatia is often smoked.
[10] Sheep's and cow's milk mixtures Kupres Yes;
Livno cheese[2][11][12][13] Sheep's and cow's milk in 80:20 ratio
Livanjski Cheese with label.JPG
 Livanjsko polje, Livno Yes;
Raw cow's milk
[14] Tešanj Yes;
Trappista cheese Cow's milk
Trappista cheese original.jpg
 Mariastern abbey, Banja Luka Yes;
Vlašić cheese[3][15] Sheep's, cow's and mixtures
Vlasicki-Travnicki-cheese-from-Bosnia 2019-May-07.png
 Vlašić, Travnik Yes;
/ Tešanj cheese [12][14] Tešanj Yes;
(transl. Golden cheese)[6][12] Foča Yes;
Donkey on Vlašić mountain, carries canisters of sheep's milk.

Other cheeses and dairy's products[]

  • Sheepskin sack kajmak[16]
  • Kajmak

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Prodotti dell'Arca del Gusto in Bosnia and Herzegovina" (html). Slow Food Foundation. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "The protection of the Livno cheese and exercising the rights of small-volume producers — natureforpeople.org" (html). natureforpeople.org. WWF. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Cheese from Vlašić" (PDF). farmabih.ba. The Association of cheese producers in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  4. ^ Galicic, Ajna. "U Nevesinju je svečano otvoren Centar za zrenje sira iz mijeha i promociju tipičnih hercegovačkih proizvoda" (html) (in Croatian). Udruzenje Okusi Hercegovinu – Promocija tipicnih hercegovackih proizvoda. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  5. ^ "U Nevesinju otvoren Centar za zrenje sira iz mijeha" (html). Akta.ba. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  6. ^ a b "The Man who produces Bosnian Gruyère Cheese: I just wanted to show that it could be done!" (hhtml). i-platform. 7 September 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Herzegovina sack cheese" (html). Udruzenje Okusi Hercegovinu – Promocija tipicnih hercegovackih proizvoda. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Mrvljeni sir iz mješine prema ilirskom receptu" (html). Agroklub.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  9. ^ "The squeaking cheese" (html). Udruzenje Okusi Hercegovinu – Promocija tipicnih hercegovackih proizvoda. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Kupres Cheese Seizes Local Market" (html). UNDP in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Livno cheese" (html). Udruzenje Okusi Hercegovinu – Promocija tipicnih hercegovackih proizvoda. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  12. ^ a b c "Tri bh. sira nagrađena u Beogradu" (html). Savez udruženja organskih proizvođača ORGANSKO FBiH (in Bosnian). Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  13. ^ "Traditional Livno Cheese - Arca del Gusto" (html). Slow Food Foundation. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  14. ^ a b "Bh. sirevi - Beograd: Kupreški sir pobjednik!" (html). kfbih.com (in Bosnian). Chamber of economy and commerce, FBiH. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Vlašic Cheese - Arca del Gusto" (html). Slow Food Foundation. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Kajmak from the Sheepskin Sack - Arca del Gusto" (html). Slow Food Foundation. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

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